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The FBI Should Stop Attacking Encryption
Most people simply have no choice unless you are willing to switch to GNU/Linux phones. Those are not 100% ready for everything yet.
mannerheim
on March 15, 2021
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Not a silver bullet unless you never let your phone talk to a cell tower - in which case it stops being a phone and starts being a miniature tablet.
fsflover
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At least with Librem 5 you can use the hardware kill switch whenever you need privacy.
grishka
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It doesn't matter what your phone runs. As long as it's communicating with the network, the carrier knows its location.
fsflover
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Cell towers is far from the only tracking possibility.
grishka
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Yes but it's the only one that's a requirement if you want to actually use your phone.
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